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Cauã Reymond
Cast · Known for Brazil Avenue, A Favorita, Like a Wave
Cauã Reymond Marques (born May 20, 1980) is a Brazilian actor and producer. He is best known for his television roles in Malhação and Cordel Encantado. His television credits include Belíssima, Passione, A Favorita, and Avenida Brasil.
Ada Chaseliov
Ada Chaseliov (born March 30, 1952, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – died October 27, 2015) was a Brazilian actress known for her work in theater, film, and television. She trained at the renowned theater school O Tablado and made her film debut in Um Virgem na Praça (1973). The following year, she landed a small role in the telenovela Supermanoela, written by Walther Negrão for TV Globo. Over the decades, Ada became a familiar presence on Brazilian television, especially through her long-standing collaborations with writer Sílvio de Abreu. She stood out in roles such as the jealous and tormented Manuela in Guerra dos Sexos (1983), and in Belíssima (2005). One of her most acclaimed performances came as the villain Leonor in the historical miniseries A Muralha (2000). Ada also had a celebrated career on stage, particularly in musical theater. Her most notable stage credits include As Malvadas, O Abre Alas, Cole Porter – Ele Nunca Disse que me Amava, Ópera do Malandro, The Sound of Music (A Noviça Rebelde), Cristal Bacharach, Gypsy – The Musical, and her final musical, Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões. She frequently worked with director Denise Saraceni on productions such as Felicidade (1991), Anjo Mau (1997), Torre de Babel (1998), A Muralha (2000), Sabor da Paixão (2002), Da Cor do Pecado (2004), Belíssima (2005), Tudo Novo de Novo (2009), Passione (2010), and Cheias de Charme (2012). Her work with Sílvio de Abreu also includes Anjo Mau (1997), Torre de Babel (1998), Da Cor do Pecado (2004), Belíssima (2005), and Passione (2010). Her final television appearance was in Amor à Vida (2013), where she played the judge in the custody trial of the character Paulinha. Ada passed away from cancer at the age of 63. She was previously married to filmmaker Ney Sant’Anna, with whom she had a daughter. She was deeply admired by theater directors Charles Möeller and Cláudio Botelho, who directed her in several acclaimed productions.
Marina Ruy Barbosa
Cast · Known for Belíssima, Trail of Lies
Marina Souza Ruy Barbosa (born June 30, 1995) is a Brazilian actress. Barbosa started off her career as a child actress with her first major role was in the telenovela Começar de Novo. Following the latter, she received an invitation to audition for "Sabina", a prominent character in the telenovela Belíssima, both by Rede Globo. Later, she portrayed the character "Isabel" in Sete Pecados. Portraying the rebellious Vanessa in Escrito nas Estrelas, Marina had the idea to create the zipper earrings used by the character, an accessory that would eventually become a fad among Brazilian teenagers. In 2011, Barbosa played the prejudiced Alice in the telenovela Morde & Assopra, where she met Klebber Toledo, with whom she dated for 3 years. In 2013 she participated in the soap opera Amor à Vida, interpreting Nicole, a young orphan and millionaire who gets cancer, Hodgkin's lymphoma type 4. In 2014, she gained great prominence in the telenovela Império, playing the nymphet "Maria Isis", thus winning the Contigo Television Awards for Best Supporting Actress. Her success in Império raised her career to the protagonist level. In 2015, she played the protagonist "Malvina" in Amorteamo, a character inspired by Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. As of 9 November 2015 she stars as the protagonist in the telenovela Totalmente Demais.
Anna Magnani
Anna Magnani (pronounced: mahn-YANEE; 7 March 1908 – 26 September 1973) was an Italian stage and film actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress, along with four other international awards, for her portrayal of a Sicilian widow in The Rose Tattoo. Born in Rome to an Egyptian father and an Italian mother, she worked her way through Rome's Academy of Dramatic Art by singing at night clubs. During her career, her only child was stricken by polio when he was 18 months old and remained crippled. She was referred to as "La Lupa," the "perennial toast of Rome" and a "living she-wolf symbol" of the cinema. Time magazine described her personality as "fiery", and drama critic Harold Clurman said her acting was "volcanic". In the realm of Italian cinema, she was "passionate, fearless, and exciting," an actress that film historian Barry Monush calls "the volcanic earth mother of all Italian cinema." Director Roberto Rossellini called her "the greatest acting genius since Eleonora Duse. Playwright Tennessee Williams became an admirer of her acting and wrote The Rose Tattoo specifically for her to star in, a role for which she received her first Oscar in 1955. After meeting director Goffredo Alessandrini she received her first screen role in La cieca di Sorrento (The Blind Woman of Sorrento) (1934) and later achieved international fame in Rossellini's Rome, Open City (1945), considered the first significant movie to launch the Italian neorealism movement in cinema. As an actress she became recognized for her dynamic and forceful portrayals of "earthy lower-class women" in such films as The Miracle (1948), Bellissima (1951), The Rose Tattoo (1955), The Fugitive Kind (1960), with Marlon Brando and directed by Sidney Lumet, and Mamma Roma (1962). As early as 1950, Life magazine had already stated that Magnani was "one of the most impressive actresses since Garbo". Description above from the Wikipedia article Anna Magnani, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Belissa Escobedo
Cast · Known for Hocus Pocus 2
Belissa Escobedo (born September 16, 1998) is an American actress. Escobedo's breakthrough role was in NBC's 2020 series The Baker and the Beauty. She is known for his roles in Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) and Blue Beetle (2023).